By Kevin McLoughlin
DUBLIN — "The remarkable performance of the Militant Labour candidate, Mr Joe Higgins, in Dublin West — who came within striking distance of taking the Fianna Fail seat — was not just a vote against water charges: it was a
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The NSW Labor government is to consider a so-called new scheme to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. According to the May 4 Sydney Morning Herald, the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is working on a plan which will allow energy distributors
By Jennifer Thompson
There was irony in the federal government's fanfare about honouring election promises when it introduced, on May 2, its bill to privatise a third of Telstra: this is the campaign promise most Australians would prefer it
By Kathryn Hamilton
While the war goes on in north-east Sri Lanka, the people of Iranawila are fighting their own battle against what they see as information domination by the US broadcasting station Voice of America. The battle of the people of
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — A mass meeting of CPSU members here on April 30 discussed the Howard government's attack on the federal public service and began to plan an industrial response. The meeting in the Brisbane City Hall heard union state
By Reihana Mohideen
MANILA — They marched, wave upon wave of workers, urban poor, students and others — 120,000 strong — to rally at Luneta Park on May Day. They came despite hot sun, a sea of red flags and banners (and umbrellas). This
By Jenny Forward
HOBART â Jim Everett, writer and member of the Palawa (Tasmanian Aboriginal community), believes that the federal Coalition government is on a "witch-hunt" against Aborigines. Why isn't the government investigating the
By Pip Hinman
Following the horrific killing of 35 people at Port Arthur on April 28, the establishment media have carried ghoulish accounts of the events and the aftermath. Given this and comparisons to the shootings at Dunblane in Scotland last
Another Year in AfricaBy Rose ZwiSpinifex Press, 1995. $16.95Reviewed by Vivienne Porzsolt Rose Zwi's novel constructs a vibrant picture of life in a Jewish working-class suburb of a mining town in the shadow of World War II. Looking back to pogroms
SalaamPositive Black SoulMango through PolygramReviewed by Iggy Kim With airplay, Positive Black Soul's global debut album could be a chart-topping mainstream hit. With such melodies as the sugary and reggae-esque "Je Ne Sais Pas" (I Don't Know) even
'Ethnia' is the elevator
"A victim of racism can also be a perpetrator of sexism. And indeed, a victim of racism can be a perpetrator of racism as well. Victimization can no longer be permitted to function as a halo of innocence." — Angela
Palestine in Crisis: The struggle for peace and political independence after OsloBy Graham UsherPluto Press, 1995. 146 pp., $29.95Reviewed by Adam Hanieh Despite the almost universal praise by the establishment media for the Palestinian-Israeli
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